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after many hear their elected leader has driven the wedge deeper and wider. at dawn, there were more tents and protesters around tahrir square, but that didn't stop clashes with police, where protesters blocked traffic defying president mohamed morsi's orders. after morsi declared sweeping powers for himself, leaving him above the law. >> translator: we are here because the goals of the revolution have yet to be achieved. >> reporter: morsi told his supporters he had to take radical measures to protect the revolution. and fast track a new constitution being written by a mostly islamist assembly, after which he said he'd give up those powers. yes, he might be a dictator for the time being, but these powers will be transferred to an elected parliament, he said. but the decrees have triggered protests and riots across the nation. dozens were injured in alexandria when angry youth stormed and set fire to morsi's muslim brotherhood headquarters. this action makes him a dictator even more than hosni mubarak, he said. critics call it a power grab, after brokering a
after many hear their elected leader has driven the wedge deeper and wider. at dawn, there were more tents and protesters around tahrir square, but that didn't stop clashes with police, where protesters blocked traffic defying president mohamed morsi's orders. after morsi declared sweeping powers for himself, leaving him above the law. >> translator: we are here because the goals of the revolution have yet to be achieved. >> reporter: morsi told his supporters he had to take radical...
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you go back months and months and months, the feeling in the white house is if they win the election, they are going to get their tax increase on wealthier americans. there is a feeling the president has to step back from that, to compromise on that key point would be a failure of leadership. >> talking about the stop gap, you are mentioning it here. the one thing mentioning would be spending cuts, which is going to make it very difficult to get any votes from the house and gop. how does that happen then? >> well, it becomes very difficult. i think that becomes a bigger story. the president and other white house advisers would argue that if you deal with the tax question, you take a big bite out of the fiscal cliff and there are some ways that perhaps they can delay some of the damage of these automatic spending cuts, half of which occur in defense. a lot of republicans accusing the president of wanting to go over the cliff because he would be happy with a lot of these cuts, particularly in defense. there is no question they are going to have to come back as they try to raise the debt
you go back months and months and months, the feeling in the white house is if they win the election, they are going to get their tax increase on wealthier americans. there is a feeling the president has to step back from that, to compromise on that key point would be a failure of leadership. >> talking about the stop gap, you are mentioning it here. the one thing mentioning would be spending cuts, which is going to make it very difficult to get any votes from the house and gop. how does...
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cold tomorrow, 50, mostly sunny skies. 48 on election day, dress warm. wednesday and thursday things go downhill with windy and rain likely wednesday into thursday. the surf is likely to be rough. >> thanks for joining us. 11 news sunday morning starts in 25 minutes. >>> and we are back on this sunday morning, november 4, 2012. a great group of people warming us up a little bit out here on the plaza joining us. i'm erica hill alongside lester holt, dylan dreyer and jenna wolfe. good to be back with you again for a second day. >> got my hand warmer. >> i love this place you bring hand warm eers. still to come this morning, we're talking about dealing with the aftermath, of course, of hurricane sandy. there's also the physical and the emotional toll of this. 2.5 million people now still without electricity or heat, millions more dealing with the anxiety of not knowing how long it will take for their lives to return to normal. so to help with that dr. nancy snyderman is here with some advice this morning. >> whose phone that? >> my mama. >> would you tell h
cold tomorrow, 50, mostly sunny skies. 48 on election day, dress warm. wednesday and thursday things go downhill with windy and rain likely wednesday into thursday. the surf is likely to be rough. >> thanks for joining us. 11 news sunday morning starts in 25 minutes. >>> and we are back on this sunday morning, november 4, 2012. a great group of people warming us up a little bit out here on the plaza joining us. i'm erica hill alongside lester holt, dylan dreyer and jenna wolfe....
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>>> plus, as election day approaches, we'll look back at some of the lighter moments from election season, including some that were scripted and some that were not. >>> and since it's erica's first weekend with us, we decided to put together a primer to show you the ropes around the studio, some important information about where the good snacks can be found and where kathie lee stashes her wine. it's important things you need to know. >> it's about time someone told me where that stash is. >> we're going to hook you up. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by windows 8. >> and we are looking at temperatures today pretty chilly in the northeast as they have been recently. it really hasn't warmed up. it's been about 10 to 15 degrees below average in the northeast in that recovery zone, but we have to wait until the end of next week before we do start to see a warm-up. in the meantime we are focusing on a storm system that is going to start moving into the middle of the week. today, though, things are fairly quiet except for the northeast and tomorrow we are looking for showers ex
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we go into election day the final two days with an exceedingly close race. that said, all indications are that president obama has a slight edge and that the terrain is still more difficult. to use the metaphor, there's a lot more blue shirts around here than red ones in terms of who will pick up that loose ball. so romney is very much in this thing, but i still think the electoral map is more challenging. >> there's been so much talk about early voting and a third of swing state voters have cast an early ballot. what does that do for you guys, chuck, on election night? does it make the race easier to call? >> well, no, it won't actually. traditionally more difficult because then old-style polling when you're trying to figure out who voted. so in that case it won't. one thing about the election as a whole, this thing is feeling a lot like 2004. our pollsters have been telling us this for six months. we go back and forth where obama is the bush character in a sense. romney, a massachusetts guy, is the kerry kascharacter here and it's converging. it's a close
we go into election day the final two days with an exceedingly close race. that said, all indications are that president obama has a slight edge and that the terrain is still more difficult. to use the metaphor, there's a lot more blue shirts around here than red ones in terms of who will pick up that loose ball. so romney is very much in this thing, but i still think the electoral map is more challenging. >> there's been so much talk about early voting and a third of swing state voters...
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what role will hurricane sandy and the latest jobs numbers play in the election? peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign and joins us from newington, new hampshire. peter, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. this is finally the final stretch, a 72-hour sprint. for mitt romney it's going to begin right here in new hampshire. over the next three days these two campaigns are going to hit nine states combined, some of them more than once. there is one thing this morning that both aides -- both sides agree on. that is that this is all about driving up turnout, getting more of their voters to the polls. >> mitt romney! >> reporter: greeted by his largest crowd all campaign and a lineup of top republican leaders -- >> mitt romney understands the leadership of the united states. >> mitt romney is going to be tough on terrorists and he will call it for what it is. >> no obama! >> reporter: in ohio friday night mitt romney tried to stoke his supporters, heading into the campaign's final weekend. >> at obama rallies they are saying four more
what role will hurricane sandy and the latest jobs numbers play in the election? peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign and joins us from newington, new hampshire. peter, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. this is finally the final stretch, a 72-hour sprint. for mitt romney it's going to begin right here in new hampshire. over the next three days these two campaigns are going to hit nine states combined, some of them more than once. there is one thing...
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coming up, today marks exactly one week until election day. next the impact sandy is having on the race for president and early voting in our area. >>> and caught on camera. sandy causes an explosion in new york city. >>> we're looking at live pictures from ocean city, where we have seen a lot of damage. >> that's times square. >> that is not ocean city. that is times square. and new york really bore the brunt of sandy. apparently, the subway system flooded there. a lot of fires have been sparked by damage from the storm, and it's going to be days and weeks before the mess there and the damage is cleaned up. >> the power, obviously, in mid town at least still on in times square, but bare streets. that's going to be the case in new york as it is in a lot of places along the eastern seaboard. we are out along the virginia, d.c. area assessing the damage. >> megan mcgrath is live where a massive tree fell onto a house. megan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eun. it actually didn't fall on the house. it fell in between two houses.
coming up, today marks exactly one week until election day. next the impact sandy is having on the race for president and early voting in our area. >>> and caught on camera. sandy causes an explosion in new york city. >>> we're looking at live pictures from ocean city, where we have seen a lot of damage. >> that's times square. >> that is not ocean city. that is times square. and new york really bore the brunt of sandy. apparently, the subway system flooded there....
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on friday, both sides tried to spin the final jobs report before election day. it showed 171,000 new jobs last month. even as the unemployment rate ticked up closer to 8%. >> we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> we learned that it's actually 7.9%, and that's nine million jobs short of what he promised. >> reporter: governor romney will be here this morning. the president will be here tomorrow. mitt romney will be back here on monday. gives you a good sense of just how close this race is. it remains a dead heat with four electoral votes in this state, it's yet another one of the places that neither one of these campaigns can afford to let go. >> chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. chuck, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> 50 states, but this campaign is dunn to just a handful of them. read the map for me. tell me where they're going. >> you know, i think the map is a better way to look at this campaign than the numbers. look at presiden
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the rest ofhe country has elected a president while the election results in florida remain too close to call. many are asking when it comes to voting why is the sunshine state still in the dark? >>> and bieber breakup. word that justin bieber and selena gomez have split. while they might be sad, a lot of 'tween and teenage girls are likely shrieking with joy, "today," saturday, november 10th, 2012. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm erica hill. general david petraeus was one of the most revered figures in washington. a four-star general known for turning around the war in iraq. >> he was even considered a potential presidential candidate, so his admission that he had an extramarital affair, forcing his resignation as cia director, has set off shockwaves around washington. it was discovered as part of an fbi investigation, and it's got many wondering did he compromise national security, and is there more to this story? we're going to have much more just ahead. >> and that is not the only big story in our nation's capital. presiden
the rest ofhe country has elected a president while the election results in florida remain too close to call. many are asking when it comes to voting why is the sunshine state still in the dark? >>> and bieber breakup. word that justin bieber and selena gomez have split. while they might be sad, a lot of 'tween and teenage girls are likely shrieking with joy, "today," saturday, november 10th, 2012. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a...
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. >>> sandy is impacting the election l sas well, which is j eight days away. president obama has cancelled campaign events in virginia and ohio to monitor the storm here from washington. he has also cancelled an appearance tomorrow here in colorado. mitt romney scrapped plans to spend yesterday in virginia. instead, he joined running mate paul ryan in ohio. the republican presidential nominee campaigning again today in ohio. he'll stop in iowa and wisconsin after that. the storm has also put early voting in maryland on hold. those hoping to cast their ballots before next week's election will have to wait at least a day as governor o'malley cancelled all early voting. early voting started on saturday. a lot of people lined up to get it done before the storm. voting was supposed to end on thursday, but it may be extended. complete coverage of hurricane sandy on our website, nbcwashington. nbcwashington.com. while you are online, you can sign up with breaking news and weather alerts. >>> new this morning, a woman faces charges accused of falsely reporting her car
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he'll get a big workout over the next 87 days leading up to the election. >> well put. peter alexander, thanks. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and chuck todd is the political director. good to have you both this morning. david, let me start you. i think it's fair to say that a lot of people are saying paul who? 38% of the u.s. has not even heard of the congressman. tell us about him and tell us why he's regarded as a bold pick. >> well, he's young. he's 42 years old. he looks look younger than that. he's part of a conservative wave in the house of representatives who put his own name to the house budget blueprint which was pretty controversial. it didn't pass, talked about cutting spending and also changing the medicare program for seniors introducing the voucher program. made it very controversial from the start. even among some fellow republicans. newt gingrich notely called it right wing conservative engin r engineering. but conservatives have rallied around paul ryan. he talked about the debt and the fiscal crisis and he'll be a powerful voice for mi
he'll get a big workout over the next 87 days leading up to the election. >> well put. peter alexander, thanks. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and chuck todd is the political director. good to have you both this morning. david, let me start you. i think it's fair to say that a lot of people are saying paul who? 38% of the u.s. has not even heard of the congressman. tell us about him and tell us why he's regarded as a bold pick. >> well, he's young. he's 42...
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. >> this is an election not just about a person, not even about a party, it's about a vision of america. >> reporter: at a republican dinner near milwaukee, the former massachusetts governor ignored his gop competitors. instead, sent zingers toward president obama. >> have you heard, he actually says he thinks he's done a great job. and he says only abraham lincoln, lincoln, fdr and lyndon baines johnson compare. i mean, this was not said on "saturday night live," all right? he said this in the mainstream media. >> reporter: after a week of key endorsements, romney appears to be calibrating for the general election and a victory here on tuesday could be widely seen as the effective end of the primary race. he's ahead in the polls. the latest nbc news/marist poll shows romney up seven points over santorum in the badger state. even the influential billionaire koch brothers seem focused on the fall campaign as well, reportedly funding a mul multimillion dollar ad buy, hitting the president on high gas prices. >> since obama became president, gas prices have nearly doubled. >> reporter: but
. >> this is an election not just about a person, not even about a party, it's about a vision of america. >> reporter: at a republican dinner near milwaukee, the former massachusetts governor ignored his gop competitors. instead, sent zingers toward president obama. >> have you heard, he actually says he thinks he's done a great job. and he says only abraham lincoln, lincoln, fdr and lyndon baines johnson compare. i mean, this was not said on "saturday night live,"...
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how much affect will it have on congressman moran's re-election? i don't think it will have that much of an effect. >> i don't think it will have any effect on his. this is reminiscent of what was done, if you remember, with a.c.o.r.n. where these conservative operatives dressed up like a pimp and prostitute and went in and tried to get jobs or some kind of government form and they have a hidden camera. here's the lesson. there are cameras everywhere. >> right. >> this was clearly an attempt to try and embarrass the congressman, possibly the democratic party, to prove that it was voter fraud. and the reality is that maybe naively he just didn't say, look, man, get away from me. i don't want to hear it and walk away. and that's the lesson here. >> the campaign has called this an error in judgment. moran's campaign did. >> the smile you're on candid camera, you never thought that before -- wherever you go someone can do this. the moran campaign should have been -- >> you can walk out, somebody can approach you. you don't want to be -- push them 0 way
how much affect will it have on congressman moran's re-election? i don't think it will have that much of an effect. >> i don't think it will have any effect on his. this is reminiscent of what was done, if you remember, with a.c.o.r.n. where these conservative operatives dressed up like a pimp and prostitute and went in and tried to get jobs or some kind of government form and they have a hidden camera. here's the lesson. there are cameras everywhere. >> right. >> this was...
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state of confusion, the rest of the country has elected a president and the ruts in florida remain too close to call. and when it comes to voting, why is the sunshine state still in the dark. and bieberreak up, word that justin bieber and selena gomez may have split. they may bed sad, but many teenager girls are likelyikely screaming with joy. >>> on nbc news, this is "today." with lester holt and erica hill. >> welcome to "today" on a saturday. >> general david petraeus, a four star general, is known for turning around the war in iraq. >> his admission that he had an extramarital affair forcing his resignation at cia director set off shock waves across washington. it was part of an fbi investigation and if t has many wondering if he compromised national security. >> that's not the only big story. president obama and house speaker john boehner appear to be drawing lines in the sand on that looming fiscal cliff. big tax hikes and spending cuts that could take effect at the end of the year if they can't find a compromise. >>> also, it sounds crazy, but apparently it's real. you'll meet s
state of confusion, the rest of the country has elected a president and the ruts in florida remain too close to call. and when it comes to voting, why is the sunshine state still in the dark. and bieberreak up, word that justin bieber and selena gomez may have split. they may bed sad, but many teenager girls are likelyikely screaming with joy. >>> on nbc news, this is "today." with lester holt and erica hill. >> welcome to "today" on a saturday. >>...
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you have over 300 community organizations that have supported small business saturday, elected officials in all 50 states. the senate passed a unanimous resolution. how often does that happen in washington? >> that's right. >> and last year we had the president and his two daughters shopping at a local bookstore in washington so i think what's important is, this is not just about small business saturday. it's really the kickoff for the holiday season and a kickoff for support of small business saturd saturday. >> across the administration you're going to be seeing this again. many will be out shopping. many in my cabinet already have plans, and you probably have plans too. >> absolutely. i'll be out tomorrow, guys. thanks so much and appreciate what you're doing, ken chenault and karen mills. >> thank you. >> small business saturday and up next the late-night comics. and it was just like -- this was the car for me. [ ryan ] it has stuff that guys like, like the rims and the sleekness to the body. and, then, had the bluetooth and the navigation that diana really wanted. [ diana ] and it w
you have over 300 community organizations that have supported small business saturday, elected officials in all 50 states. the senate passed a unanimous resolution. how often does that happen in washington? >> that's right. >> and last year we had the president and his two daughters shopping at a local bookstore in washington so i think what's important is, this is not just about small business saturday. it's really the kickoff for the holiday season and a kickoff for support of...
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now to presidential politics and the general election just four months away, president obama and mitt romney will attend some holiday events today as they gear up for the campaign's homestretch. john harwood is cnbc's chief washington correspondent. john, good morning. >> happy 4th, natalie. >> thanks. to you as well. a relatively quiet week for both campaigns. looking ahead, what is the state of play right now? >> we've got a race that's remarkably stable, natalie. president obama is a few points ahead of mitt romney. that's been the case for several months despite all of the very large events including a supreme court decision, including the president's new stance on gay marriage, shifts in the economy. we're going to see it brought out in the 10 or 12 battleground states in place for the rest of the general election. >> john, if you're looking for the broad outlines of the attacks right now, for president obama is it all about focusing on romney's time at bain capital. on the other hand for romney is it all about the economy? >> absolutely it is. mitt romney has got stagnant econom
now to presidential politics and the general election just four months away, president obama and mitt romney will attend some holiday events today as they gear up for the campaign's homestretch. john harwood is cnbc's chief washington correspondent. john, good morning. >> happy 4th, natalie. >> thanks. to you as well. a relatively quiet week for both campaigns. looking ahead, what is the state of play right now? >> we've got a race that's remarkably stable, natalie. president...
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they see this as numbers, they understand the impact of the election. they get that, and i think that's why they're willing to deal. >> all of this will be front and center on "meet the press." who do you have coming up? >> senator dick durbin and representative kevin mccarthy, hopefully we'll get a clearer picture beyond what we're hearing publicly. thank you. >>> this flu season could be one of the worst in nearly a decade. five children have died from flu so far this year. our chief science correspondence robert bazel has the story. >> reporter: with the season starting early, children's hospital in memphis is feeling the first wave. >> we've seen more than 200 cases of flu in the hospital this week and we're admitting eight to ten kids a day. we expect it to accelerate, to get worse before it gets better in the next few weeks. >> reporter: schoolchildren are not only vulnerable, they play a big role in spreading the flu. >> when you have all those kids getting together, they tend to pass the virus back and forth, they all get sick in the school and
they see this as numbers, they understand the impact of the election. they get that, and i think that's why they're willing to deal. >> all of this will be front and center on "meet the press." who do you have coming up? >> senator dick durbin and representative kevin mccarthy, hopefully we'll get a clearer picture beyond what we're hearing publicly. thank you. >>> this flu season could be one of the worst in nearly a decade. five children have died from flu so...
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you're saying i thought everybody was going to learn to work together after the re-election. it's the same thing we saw last year. we're probably going to see the same thing next year and it's distressing. >> it's risky business on both sides. they both really have a lot to lose if they can't get to a deal. >> minka and joe, thanks. you can catch "morning joe" week days at 6:00 a.m. >>> the freedom of one american jailed in cuba for years could depend on whether the u.s. and cuba will agree to a prisoner swap. >> reporter: cuba and the u.s. are locked in a cold war standoff this weekend with the fate of an american contractor hanging in the balance. it could be the setting for a gripping spy thriller. swapping american alan gross, jailed in havana, for five cubans imprisoned in the united states. >> he's a very strong personality, and thank god, because i think that's gotten him through a lot of this. >> he is an extremely noble person. he is sincere. he is honest. >> it's a political stalemate that has washington and havana on edge. in this military hospital, american contra
you're saying i thought everybody was going to learn to work together after the re-election. it's the same thing we saw last year. we're probably going to see the same thing next year and it's distressing. >> it's risky business on both sides. they both really have a lot to lose if they can't get to a deal. >> minka and joe, thanks. you can catch "morning joe" week days at 6:00 a.m. >>> the freedom of one american jailed in cuba for years could depend on whether...
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-- recall election. i can't say it. recall election. is that true? >> it is very much true. in fact, scott walker is expected to be in this ballroom later on tonight. he'll give a speech. he's expected to face a recall on june 5th. you'll recall the massive protests we saw last fall where he signed into bill. this is going to be a big election in june. republicans and democrats are going to fight hard. the republican governors campaign released a statement yesterday saying they expected voters in wisconsin to stand with d governor come this summer. amy? >> ron mott, thanks so much. >>> let's get more of the headlines out from msn nbc's thomas roberts. >> good morning, everybody. we start with the sold wloer who killed 17 afghan civilians. he's going to get a psychiatric examination. john robert brown to represents bales made the announcement friday. he also accused the government of hiding details from the defense team. they say he left his base and went on two shoots rampages on march 11. >>> more quest
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so both of these people are seeing their electability being questioned at the very least in term ofts these polls. >> we had on the screen the latest polling information from florida. let's talk about florida. romney came in from south carolina in a weak position. many think because of his debate performance. have the debate performances now worked in his favor in florida? >> that was a very strong debate performance by mitt romney, a missed tujt for newt gingrich. but the volatility in these polls is pretty unprecedented. newt gingrich came out of south carolina, took the lead in florida. in the space of two or three days he lost it even before the debate. so again we could have another volatile turn of events but for now mitt romney is very strongly poised for tuesday. >> all of the political junkies are trying to map out where things go from here. john mccain was stumping for mitt romney in florida. he's eventually won the nomination. as you look at the primary calendar, richard, let's say over the next four to five weeks, who does it favor and why? >> no question, february is goin
so both of these people are seeing their electability being questioned at the very least in term ofts these polls. >> we had on the screen the latest polling information from florida. let's talk about florida. romney came in from south carolina in a weak position. many think because of his debate performance. have the debate performances now worked in his favor in florida? >> that was a very strong debate performance by mitt romney, a missed tujt for newt gingrich. but the...
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so at the very least you have a very big distraction and an unfolding scandal right after the election and it was clear both the president and general petraeus wanted to avoid that. >> all this comes as washington is turning its attention to the fiscal cliff. these automatic spending cuts that threatened to send the economy back into a nose dive. what's your sense in washington? are both sides -- do both sides still have an appetite to play brinksmanship or is there a real desire to get this done? >> as i talk to people on capitol hill, lester, and in the administration, there is still wariness on both sides. one for the other. but there is a different attitude. they both see some room for breakthrough here. i think both sides recognize that the public has spoken lo loudly about the importance of compromise. but the public has also reaffirmed the status quo in washington. so the president is in a position, and you heard him at the end of the week insisting that tax rates for wealthy americans are going too much to go up. or taxes, more generally. so i think that's where he feels the ma
so at the very least you have a very big distraction and an unfolding scandal right after the election and it was clear both the president and general petraeus wanted to avoid that. >> all this comes as washington is turning its attention to the fiscal cliff. these automatic spending cuts that threatened to send the economy back into a nose dive. what's your sense in washington? are both sides -- do both sides still have an appetite to play brinksmanship or is there a real desire to get...
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i am not disappointed from the election results. and i think, i am talking about myself not on behalf of everyone else. i took to the streets because i think that the egyptians have been denied the right to choose whom they want the governing them for 60 years. i did not take to the streets to say that x or y or z is the right guy. i believe that egypt is far better with not having a leader and the revolution that might have taken over and started doing his version of democracy once again. it is better to have the people choose whom they want and a few years, if they do not reform, if they do not solve the problems were most of the people were on the street, many economically, i probably do not have any problem, but most of the people on the streets did have a lot of economic problems. if those are not solved, they will be out of it. as far as there is democracy as far as our, we know exactly that our job is to make sure that egypt becomes an democratic. and no one is hijacking it. and not going to let anyone join. i'm personally fi
i am not disappointed from the election results. and i think, i am talking about myself not on behalf of everyone else. i took to the streets because i think that the egyptians have been denied the right to choose whom they want the governing them for 60 years. i did not take to the streets to say that x or y or z is the right guy. i believe that egypt is far better with not having a leader and the revolution that might have taken over and started doing his version of democracy once again. it...
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there is a 2012 farm bill that was not passed before the election. basically what's going to happen january 1 is we're going to revert to having milk prices set by an act that was in place in 1949. so very antiquated. what that means is the milk price could double. the average in right now for a gallon of milk is about $3.50. you could see it go to $8 by february. now what can happen is within the next year as we're looking to change things, we can either pass the new bill, or we can extend the bill that we have. if that happens, then the secretary of agriculture can step in. and he can adjust the prices. >> got you. we'll be watching all of that. nice to have you here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. a programming note -- david gregory will have an exclusive interview with president obama on the fiscal cliff crisis tomorrow on "meet the press." >>> want to check the morning's other top stories from jenna wolfe. good morning. >>> good morning, hi, everyone. over $60 billion of aid to victims of hurricane sandy is hanging in the balance this mor
there is a 2012 farm bill that was not passed before the election. basically what's going to happen january 1 is we're going to revert to having milk prices set by an act that was in place in 1949. so very antiquated. what that means is the milk price could double. the average in right now for a gallon of milk is about $3.50. you could see it go to $8 by february. now what can happen is within the next year as we're looking to change things, we can either pass the new bill, or we can extend the...
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you know, the conventions unleash the general election funds for each side. they're going to be using that to go after each other. so as you get a little deeper into the month, i think you get a better sense of where the race is. >> "wall street journal" reported that the president told his aides to get him out more, more campaign events we're seeing this weekend, iowa, colorado, ohio, virginia, all states he carried in 2008. are there worries here that he hasn't generated the same amount of excitement and that there may be issues in those states he carried? >> well, yeah, no question. i think that voter intensity is to key that you mentioned because the president has got to drive out his core voters, younger people, minorities, women. he's got to run up the totals there, particularly as he loses ground among particularly white voters that you see among males. we talk about a gender gap, it benefits the president among women, it disadvantages him among men. that's an advantage for republicans typically and for mitt romney in this case. i think that's very imp
you know, the conventions unleash the general election funds for each side. they're going to be using that to go after each other. so as you get a little deeper into the month, i think you get a better sense of where the race is. >> "wall street journal" reported that the president told his aides to get him out more, more campaign events we're seeing this weekend, iowa, colorado, ohio, virginia, all states he carried in 2008. are there worries here that he hasn't generated the...
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. >>> santdy is impacting the election l sas well, which is j eight days away. president obama has cancelled campaign events in virginia and ohio to monitor the situation. mitt romney scrapped plans as well. instead, he joined running mate paul ryan in ohio. he made sure supporters knew sandy was still on his mind. >> and it's a time of celebration for us. it's a time of importance and significance. i know that right now some people in the country are concerned about a storm about to hit the coast, and our thoughts and prayers are with people who will find themselves in harm's way. >> romney is scheduled to many campaign again today in ohio. and he'll stop in iowa and wisconsin. >> it's forced governor o'malley to cancel early voting in maryland. voting was supposed to run through thursday. governor o'malley says he hopes he can extend that through friday to make up for today. >>> people in d.c. are gearing up for sandy's impact. >> that includes neighborhoods prone to power outages and flooding. news 4's megan mcgrath is live in the bloomingdale section of the
. >>> santdy is impacting the election l sas well, which is j eight days away. president obama has cancelled campaign events in virginia and ohio to monitor the situation. mitt romney scrapped plans as well. instead, he joined running mate paul ryan in ohio. he made sure supporters knew sandy was still on his mind. >> and it's a time of celebration for us. it's a time of importance and significance. i know that right now some people in the country are concerned about a storm...
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issue being prolonged is an extension of some of the conflict and bitterness that we had during the election campaign. i'm not sure what the resolution of that is going to be. i think ultimately that energy is going to get spent and lawmakers are going to turn to the real crisis that is looming over the american economy, which is the fiscal cliff and the potential that we could go back into recession. >> there did seem to be positive sentiments out of those meetings with the president and congressional leaders. if we're sticking with the positivity theme here, any sense of a timeline here on something getting done? >> yes. the leaders were -- and i agree with you, that was as positive an aftermath of a meeting as you could have hoped for, if you were president obama or anyone in the congress. all four leaders, both parties came out and spoke very encouragingly. they're talking about a two-step process. the first step is to outline a framework for tax changes and entitlement changes, spending cuts, and then you're going to have a process in early 2013 where congress fills in the blanks of tha
issue being prolonged is an extension of some of the conflict and bitterness that we had during the election campaign. i'm not sure what the resolution of that is going to be. i think ultimately that energy is going to get spent and lawmakers are going to turn to the real crisis that is looming over the american economy, which is the fiscal cliff and the potential that we could go back into recession. >> there did seem to be positive sentiments out of those meetings with the president and...
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. >> now, to russia where opposition leaders and election monitors report widespread violations in elections today that are expected to return to vladimir putin to the presidency. the violations could continue the wave of protests against government corruption that began in december. >>> that's the news. now back to jenna, carl and janice. >> all right, tom, thank you very much. >> janice is here with a check of the weather. >> good morning. we're going to check and see what's left of all that severe weather. that storm system that moved through those areas of the ohio and tennessee river valleys produced some severe weather this morning around orlando and more tornadoes. there's still quite a bit of rain left over on parts of the eastern seaboard. that should clear out. it's snowing in henryville and around louisville this morning. that will taper off tonight. and it looks like the temperatures will warm up for the cleanup, and clear out later on this week. >> good morning. waking up to a lot of clouds out there. 49 for the high in baltimore. 49 for ocean city. ocean city may see a couple m
. >> now, to russia where opposition leaders and election monitors report widespread violations in elections today that are expected to return to vladimir putin to the presidency. the violations could continue the wave of protests against government corruption that began in december. >>> that's the news. now back to jenna, carl and janice. >> all right, tom, thank you very much. >> janice is here with a check of the weather. >> good morning. we're going to check...
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and in an incredible, and in a beautiful environment and also in an interesting election season to say the least. our first award for the evening is -- wait, before we get to the. i had to start off wit with a je or can i start off with a joke? joe biden. sorry, that's a joke. followed up by another joke. nancy pelosi. oh, sorry. as an ardent practicing catholic. sorry. i was told by my friends at sun not like that i do the best nancy pelosi impersonation but i'm still waiting for that, you know, that bit they're going to write for me at "saturday night live." they avoid doing the actual bits about goofy liberals. it's all republicans that they do over there. our first award of the evening is the obama gas him a war. i can believe i'm actually saying this. troubling. now this is rich history. for about 25 years they read -- media research center has been document every pc from the media as they celebrate one liberal hero after another. and let me just say that people we're going to be talk about tonight, they love politicians who, want to raise your taxes, right? they love politicians
and in an incredible, and in a beautiful environment and also in an interesting election season to say the least. our first award for the evening is -- wait, before we get to the. i had to start off wit with a je or can i start off with a joke? joe biden. sorry, that's a joke. followed up by another joke. nancy pelosi. oh, sorry. as an ardent practicing catholic. sorry. i was told by my friends at sun not like that i do the best nancy pelosi impersonation but i'm still waiting for that, you...
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you cannot win an election in this country anymore without the latino-american. >> the unemployed american worker. just about every single aspect of the president's domestic agenda will deal with unemployment and that group of unemployed voters. >> malala. you have this 15-year-old girl really right in the heart of darkness. as a beacon of light. >> my choice for person of the year is aung san suu kyi. >> curiosity, the mars rover, not just because we are distantly related. >> hillary clinton. she has worked extremely hard and effectively to maintain a sense of calmness and good will around the world. >> i am going to go with a bunch of boys by the name of one direction. ♪ baby you light up my world like nobody else ♪ they're the talk of the world right now. and it's not depressing. so i hope it's them. ♪ that's what makes you beautiful ♪ >> okay, those were good choices but who will "time" pick? let's get to our exclusive look at the magazine's short list. first up, malala, the 15-year-old pakistani girl shot after speaking about her simple wish to go to school. >> that's a pretty
you cannot win an election in this country anymore without the latino-american. >> the unemployed american worker. just about every single aspect of the president's domestic agenda will deal with unemployment and that group of unemployed voters. >> malala. you have this 15-year-old girl really right in the heart of darkness. as a beacon of light. >> my choice for person of the year is aung san suu kyi. >> curiosity, the mars rover, not just because we are distantly...
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you have to wait until election day comes at a round. polls will tend to change, and you are sitting here, we are late august, you have a couple months before the general election. two months is like 10 years in dog years i would not read too much into the polls you see today. host: here is "the washington times" poll, 45.7% favorability rating for each of the end. medicare, security, and you can find that more online. we're talking with ken jones about the convention we will see kick off today and get into full swing tomorrow. he is running things. is the president of the 2012 tampa bay host committee. give us a sense so our callers can talk about what your job is. guest: our job is to not get into the politics, but the reason we are allowed to get a 501-c3 exemption is to get a promotion for the tampa bay area. you have your olympic host committee, and the idea is to make sure the infrastructure is in place. we want to make sure the venues are available, we have a good electrical supply, we pay for the end for structure. the forum you
you have to wait until election day comes at a round. polls will tend to change, and you are sitting here, we are late august, you have a couple months before the general election. two months is like 10 years in dog years i would not read too much into the polls you see today. host: here is "the washington times" poll, 45.7% favorability rating for each of the end. medicare, security, and you can find that more online. we're talking with ken jones about the convention we will see kick...
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if one is looking for clouds, i think the one cloud is what happens in america after the election. what happens with the deficit and deficit reduction if there's a deadlock between the president and congress or between the republicans and the democrats. so we have to see how that shake outs. i think 2012 will be a similar year to 2011. >> okay. just speaking of the year ahead, also, you've made this great profit figure. what are you going to do with that kind of cash. is it time to pay down debt? is it time to look around? i know you have a strong organic growth figure. what would you do with that money? >> our debt levels, our target is somewhere between 1.5 to two times debt to -- we're at 1.7. we're in that right zone. our free cash flow is about a billion pounds. dividends cost us around 300 million pounds, acquisitions probably about 30 to 40 million pounds. there's surplus funds to look at share buybacks and we've looked to increasing our dividend payout ratio from 32% to 40% over the medium term. this year we're up to about 36%, 33% if you exclude -- include the extraordinar
if one is looking for clouds, i think the one cloud is what happens in america after the election. what happens with the deficit and deficit reduction if there's a deadlock between the president and congress or between the republicans and the democrats. so we have to see how that shake outs. i think 2012 will be a similar year to 2011. >> okay. just speaking of the year ahead, also, you've made this great profit figure. what are you going to do with that kind of cash. is it time to pay...
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believe northern virginia will be a driving force behind who carries the commonwealth in the general election. >> northern virginia, a key area for democrats, casts 28% of the vote statewide for the presidential race in the last three presideial elections. democrats have gone from breaking even up here to carrying it last time by 233,000 votes. republicans have to basically put the tourniquet on northern virginia. >>> meanwhile, democrat, prepping for their convention set to begin tuesday. check this out. the dnc released this neat time lapse video of crewing working away on the stage in charlotte. and nbc 4 will bring you complete coverage of the national democratic convention. at the event in charlotte, with live reports starting tomorrow night on news 4 at 11:00. >>> it's a new primetime for crime. the hours between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. now the university of maryland is launching a campaign to warn students and keep them from becomes targets. news 4's darcy spencer has more on the effort from college park. >> reporter: in college park, university of maryland students are back in class t
believe northern virginia will be a driving force behind who carries the commonwealth in the general election. >> northern virginia, a key area for democrats, casts 28% of the vote statewide for the presidential race in the last three presideial elections. democrats have gone from breaking even up here to carrying it last time by 233,000 votes. republicans have to basically put the tourniquet on northern virginia. >>> meanwhile, democrat, prepping for their convention set to...
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the economy is growing, but sustaining that trend is going to require elected officials to do their jobs. >> right now the plan is to come to an agreement then send it to the senate for a vote. house would then take a vote, which could take place as late as january 2nd. the president will sit down for an exclusive one on one interview with "meet the press" moderator david gregory. they will discuss the fiscal cliff and other key issues. you can see it here tomorrow at 10:30. >>> we're a little more than 36 hours away from the biggest game of the season for the redskins. the burgundy and gold face off against the cowboys tomorrow night. it's simple. win and you take the nfc east crown. even though we're in redskins country, there are sure to be some divided families tomorrow night. that includes the clark family in capital heights, maryland. half of the family are cowboy fans. half cheer on the skins. mom and dad are heading to the game. dad is hoping to see some upset redskins fans tomorrow night. >> it's nothing like 90,000 just going -- oh, my god. it is beautiful. >> we'll be divorced
the economy is growing, but sustaining that trend is going to require elected officials to do their jobs. >> right now the plan is to come to an agreement then send it to the senate for a vote. house would then take a vote, which could take place as late as january 2nd. the president will sit down for an exclusive one on one interview with "meet the press" moderator david gregory. they will discuss the fiscal cliff and other key issues. you can see it here tomorrow at 10:30....
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other communities have a right to say who gets elected. we think that support to change citizens united, to make sure that the real power lies within the people to vote. we need to safeguard the continuation of the census bureau data collection efforts which is indispensable to enforcement civil rights and fair allocation of federal funding. we know that if we don't have good data we are out of sight and out of mind and we cannot prove there is discrimination taking place in right now their efforts to try to prevent the census bureau from collecting the needed data in our community. we are posted at and we hope to defeat it. we want to also encourage the federal communications federal communications inquiry into the extent of the effects of hate speech hamidi and support the fcc policies to expand media diversity. this is one of the secret ways before using to keep latinos from realizing the american dream. they are using hate speech on radio to denigrate the community. they are revving up others against latinos in preventing opportunities
other communities have a right to say who gets elected. we think that support to change citizens united, to make sure that the real power lies within the people to vote. we need to safeguard the continuation of the census bureau data collection efforts which is indispensable to enforcement civil rights and fair allocation of federal funding. we know that if we don't have good data we are out of sight and out of mind and we cannot prove there is discrimination taking place in right now their...